I sat quietly with Erliang. The police came soon and took me to the police station to make a record. They all knew me and knew that I was Erliang’s best friend, and they had already discovered that these days Erliang's behavior was very strange, so no one suspected that the murderer was me. This can be seen from their attitudes.

But I didn’t know how to explain these things clearly to them. I didn’t even tell them that I met Erliang at Lao Chu’s house, let alone that it was because I saw the woman in the red skirt that I chased him upstairs again. I went there, and then I found out that something had happened to Erliang in bed, because I didn’t know how to explain it to them, and they might not believe it. This can be seen from the ending of the two letters signed by Chu Jiangshan.

I said that I met Erliang on the street. I saw that something was wrong with him, so I took him home. After I went downstairs, I realized that I had forgotten my mobile phone, so I went back, only to find that something had happened to Erliang. As for the two torn pieces of paper, I didn't hide them. The police took the papers and said they wanted to check for fingerprints, and told me to go home and rest first, waiting for the bureau's summons to cooperate with their investigation.

It was almost dawn when I got home, and there were several text messages from Xiaorui on my phone. I was in a trance at the time and didn't hear them. I opened them and saw that they were telling me that I was safe. Then they asked me if I was home. I replied to her. One of them said: "Erliang is gone, my best friend is gone."

Xiaorui quickly sent me a text message back: "You still have me." Then my tears flowed down again.

I was thinking about how to tell this to the eldest sister Erliang married out of town. Of course, the eldest sister is not called auntie, and even "second mother" is not called "erniang". This is just their family's habit, just like ordinary people's family. Nickname, as Erliang and I got closer, I followed him in calling my eldest sister "Yiniang."

No matter how hard it is to talk about, you have to face it. When my mother heard the bad news, she cried on the phone, but I didn't know how to explain it to her.

Yi Niang flew over that day. Because she was her colleague and she had a good relationship with everyone, everything related to Er Liang was given the green light. Within a few days, various inspection reports came out. Then There were only fingerprints of Erliang and I on the piece of paper, and I was indeed the only one who had been in the room. However, the cause of Erliang’s death was finally confirmed to be due to the sudden release of a large amount of catecholamines from the adrenal glands, which caused the heartbeat to suddenly accelerate and blood pressure to rise. The oxygen consumption of myocardial metabolism increases sharply, and the excessive blood circulation hits the heart like a flood, causing the myocardial fibers to tear and the heart to bleed, leading to cardiac arrest and death.

Yi Niang was a little confused when faced with this identification result. I said softly: "To put it simply, Er Liang saw something too horrific before he left." Of course, I'm afraid no one except me would. I believe these words, even I don’t want to believe that Erliang was scared to death, but his appearance is exactly the same as that of Wang Qiang and Lao Chu that Erliang showed me before. Maybe the true resemblance will not faze most people. Believe it or not, I don’t think my mother would believe it either, but I can’t hide it from her, even if it’s such a result.

But at this moment, I found that my mother's body suddenly stiffened, her face became extremely pale, and I even found a trace of fear in her eyes.

I quickly held her body and asked, "Mom, what's wrong?"

The mother shook her head quickly, but said nothing. She and I completed the relevant procedures and left the bureau. We took a taxi to Erliang’s new house. The mother lowered her head and said nothing along the way. I clearly felt that she

What's on her mind, because the fear in her eyes is greater than sadness.

After getting out of the car, my mother suddenly said she didn't want to get in. I seemed a little passive. My mother smiled at me apologetically, but her smile was full of bitterness. She said: "Arui, come with me for a walk."

Bar."

We were walking casually in the community, my mother lowered her head and said nothing, and I didn’t know how to speak. Finally, I finally heard my mother say: "Arui, you are Erliang's best friend, and our family also

I have never treated you as an outsider, tell me, has Erliang done anything weird recently?"

I gritted my teeth and told Yiniang exactly what had happened, including the painting I had hidden. I always felt in my heart that if it hadn’t been for me hiding the painting, nothing would have happened to Erliang.

I didn't ask my mother to forgive me. This was something that could no longer be faced with forgiveness.

My mother didn't scold me. I lowered my head and didn't know how to face her. At this moment, I heard my mother sigh and said: "Actually, it's not your fault. Erliang... there's something wrong with him... a long time ago."

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"What did you say?" I was surprised. Although I had long felt that Erliang was hiding something from me, after all, everyone has their own desires, and two friends who can talk about everything often only exist.

In the novel, what really made me think that Erliang was a little abnormal was after he came back from the mountains, but something happened in just a few days. Now listening to Yi Niang's words, Erliang actually had something wrong a long time ago. I was surprised.

I am even more eager to know what is going on, which may help me find the real cause of Erliang's death.

Erliang must have died after seeing something, such as the woman in the red dress. My mind immediately thought of the face in the corridor that looked a little stiff and pale because of too much powder, and the row of

Blood-red teeth. What I need now is the real cause of Erliang’s death. I want to know why this woman came to Erliang, so I urgently want to know everything about Erliang.

Yi Niang looked at the grass on the ground and said softly: "Er Liang has a sister named Er Niang." I nodded, indicating that I knew this.

The first mother continued: "The relationship between the second mother and Erliang was very good, but the second mother died young." I sighed softly, Erliang's family had too many misfortunes, and now the only family left in the Ye family is

Yi Niang was alone, so I said, "Yi Niang, you will be my biological sister from now on."

My mother raised her head and smiled, patted my hand without saying anything, lowered her hair and paused for a moment, then raised her head again and looked into my eyes. I felt a trace of fear on her face, and she said: "

Do you know how Er Niang died?"

I just heard Erliang briefly say that he had a sister who died in infancy, but I didn’t ask about the specific situation. I have never been the kind of person who likes to inquire about other people’s private affairs. When my mother mentioned this matter at this time, I

I guess there must be some secret inside.

Yi Niang began to tell me the story that happened many years ago. Even though many years had passed, the fear in her heart could still be heard in her voice when she mentioned it now:

"That was twenty years ago. I remember that I was eight years old, Erniang was six years old, and Erliang was only four years old. The three of us lived in the countryside. It was during the summer when the farmland was being robbed, and the adults were also

He didn't care about us children, but told us not to go to the river to play. Anyway, the countryside is not as good as the city, and there are no cars on the road. As long as we don't go to the river, there will be no danger.

Because my father is a teacher, he has been strict with us since we were young. We must write a diary every day. Although we know more words than other children of the same age under his father's guidance, after all, we are too young to write anything. My father insists on it.

We wrote that we should be trained to observe life from an early age, so as long as there is no dangerous place, he encourages us to go and see more.

That summer, I took Erniang and Erliang to the back mountain, which we had never been to before."

My mother's voice began to tremble, as if she remembered something terrible, and I hurriedly motioned for her to speak slowly. My mother slowed down for a moment, and continued: "We were too brave that day, knowing that the adults were suddenly in the fields.

I won’t be back, so I lost track of time while playing. Erliang was busy catching grasshoppers, while Erniang and I split up to look for some wild vegetables. When I realized that it was getting late, I discovered that Erniang had gone somewhere.

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Erliang and I were frightened and called her as hard as we could, but we never heard Erniang's answer. I was already so anxious that I was about to cry. Erliang was smart and told her to climb the tree and have a look. If she still found

If not, go back and ask an adult for help.

There were not many trees in the back mountain, and they were not very tall and lush. Although Erliang was young, he was very good at climbing trees. He climbed up a small tree, and then shouted: "Yiniang, I saw Erliang."

Damn it.'

He climbed down the tree and pulled me to run to a place, saying that he saw Er Niang standing there. After not running far, I saw Er Niang. In fact, she was never far from us, but I was young at the time.

, I was so happy to find Er Niang that I didn’t even think about why Er Niang couldn’t hear our call there.

Er Niang stood there blankly, as if she hadn't seen us. I said, "Er Niang, you can go home, your parents are coming back." But Er Niang didn't move.

I got angry and went up to pull her. Erniang slowly turned around and said, 'Then let's go back.'

After returning home, my parents had already arrived. They were almost crazy because they couldn't find us. At this time, they saw that we came back safely, asked where we were and scolded them for a few times. In the evening, it was the time to write a diary as usual. Every time

After we finished writing, my father had to check and evaluate our diaries. My father always liked Er Niang and said that what she wrote was spiritual, but this time Er Niang was severely criticized by his father because he thought that she

lied.

Writing a diary was a kind of torture for us at that time, because we really didn’t know what to write, so we invariably regarded the incident in the back mountain as the content of today’s diary. It turned out that Erliang and I said

It was completely different from Er Niang's. At first, my father thought that Er Niang had added her own imagination and wanted to praise her, but Er Niang insisted that what she wrote was true and that Er Liang and I were lying.

Erliang and I said exactly the same thing. Of course our father believed us, so Erniang was scolded by his father because he felt that a child who had learned to lie since he was a child and refused to admit his mistakes when his lies were exposed would definitely not be successful.

But Er Niang stubbornly believed that we were the ones who lied. Everyone was very unhappy that night and went to bed early after dinner.

I slept with Er Niang. In the middle of the night, I vaguely felt that there was a light in the room. When I opened my eyes, I found Er Niang sitting at the desk. I shouted: "Er Niang, what are you doing?"

Not sleeping yet.'

Er Niang turned around and smiled at me, but said nothing and continued to do her thing. I said, 'Er Niang, what are you doing?'

Erniang ignored me this time. I saw her pick up a pen and write something in the notebook, then tear it up, continue writing, then tear it up again, and just keep repeating this.

I was frightened by Er Niang's appearance and cried loudly. My parents came in quickly when they heard the cry. They were also frightened by Er Niang's appearance. My father looked at what Er Niang had written and said:

"Er Niang is good, it's dad who is not good." Then he asked mom to sleep with us, while he slept with Er Liang in another room.

Er Niang lay in my mother's arms and fell asleep quietly, but I kept my eyes open and never fell asleep. Even in the dark, I seemed to be able to see Er Niang sitting at the desk and turning her head to smile at me.

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The next day, when our parents saw that Er Niang had calmed down, they told us not to go out to play today, and then went to work in the fields. I quietly asked Er Niang what she had written last night, but she didn't say a word.

When I woke up from a nap at noon, I found that Er Niang was missing again. I searched in front of and behind the house and couldn't find her. Er Liang hurriedly went to the fields to find an adult and came back to search together. It wasn't until night that everyone found Er Niang in the back mountain, but

She has... That place is where we found her last time. I still remember her appearance at that time. She seemed to have seen something terrible.

After so many years, our family has deliberately not mentioned this matter, but in fact we all know that no one can forget Er Niang, especially Er Liang. He has the best relationship with Er Niang since he was a child. I often see him

A person cried in front of the photo of Er Niang, but none of us wanted to mention those sad past events.

But not long ago, he suddenly called me and asked me if I still remembered writing a diary when I was a child. I said I did, what's the matter?

Erliang said to me: 'Yiniang, Erniang really didn't lie that day, the diary she wrote is true.'"

When the first mother said this, her whole body began to tremble. I quickly supported her and asked: "What was written in the second mother's diary?"

Yi Niang took out a small notebook from her bag. Judging from the paper, it was very old. She said: "Er Liang originally asked me to send this diary to him before, but I kept putting it off. Now he is gone.

There's no point keeping this book. Ari, you are Erliang's best brother. After you finish reading it, burn it for me."

I knew this was Er Niang's childhood diary, so I nodded and agreed to Yi Niang's. Then I took the diary, opened it carefully, and turned directly to the last page. It was written in childish handwriting, and under the date were a few words.

But after reading those words, all the hairs on my body stood up.
Chapter completed!